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Midnight's Children by Salman Rushdie

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jdhurco's review against another edition

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adventurous mysterious reflective slow-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Plot
Strong character development? Yes

3.25

sadiemac47's review against another edition

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adventurous challenging inspiring medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

in short, the most impactful and thought provoking novel i have ever read. rushdie masterfully weaves the fraught history of a nation with the fraught history of a man, of many men, of all men throughout india and pakistan during this period. i learned a lot while reading this book and did have to do some further research, mainly out of curiosity. but i’ve never read an author so capable of making a work so whole; the way each motif persists, each character has fully fleshed out arcs and everything is tied together with a neat little bow while leaving up so much room for interpretation and thought is remarkable to say the least.

robin_s's review against another edition

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challenging funny informative mysterious reflective sad slow-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

veeiyer's review against another edition

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5.0

Not even gonna try explaining what this book is about, as it's impossible to be summarised in one line...

beth_m_house's review against another edition

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Many of the names of characters, fabrics, some deities were so foreign to me that it was hard to keep them all straight. My problem was that I was truly trying to learn these cultural differences when out of the blue, he would change the name of the characters on us making it too onerous to read. Another thing that was irritating was the plot was too surreal. It was almost like the author would dream up a plot twist, throw it in the middle, and then forget about it and continue as if nothing happened. It just wasn't my thing.